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Why legal principles on war and environment matter

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UN Environment

Publication Date
2019-08-20

Many of us remember shocking images of environmental destruction from conflicts across the globe; from the spraying of the poisonous chemical Agent Orange over the forests in Viet Nam in the 1970s, to the burning oil wells in Kuwait in the 1990s.

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https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/why-legal-principles-war-and-environment-matter